Emigrant Sweeteners: Land Prospects in Southwestern Georgia
The 1857 letter from Kaur Colquitt Miller County extols fertile lands in Southwestern Georgia near future rail lines, arguing prices from two to four dollars per acre with improvements. It praises Miller County soil, health, and farming yields, claiming eight hundred to one thousand pounds cotton per acre and five bales per farmer, urging relocation from worn lands to prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle & Suite
Georgia
Ma. Barron
Miller County
Middle Georgia
Kaur
Colquitt
Buck Horn Chair for President Drawn by Seth Kinman
A San Francisco Herald excerpt describes a chair carved entirely from antlers by hunter Seth Kinman in Humboldt County as a present for President James Buchanan. The piece explains the chair’s four main horns forming legs and back, the white buckskin seat, and ivorylike horn fittings. It also includes recipes and a school anecdote amid the noisy 19th century page.
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San Francisco Herald
James Buchanan
United States
Goliah
Humboldt County
Seth Kinman
Wahlington
The Indian Refuge and Mormon Law Notes
A fragmentary page carries passages on Native displacement and a Mormon critique of polygamy, with reflections on spiritual life and ethics. It includes a Letter from Hon. Stanton about Kansas and a Toombs visit in Texas, plus assorted religious and political commentary from era journals.
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Edgefield Karestier
Spa
Savannah
Utah
Periah
Church of Christ
Israel
Church of God
Pred. Stanton
Ceroniptor
Ann
Pifsia
Kansas
Missouri
Georgia Volcano tale called a humbug
Two letters from Pigeon Mountain region deny the Georgia Volcano claim by Alexander Mickle as a hoax. The only underground fire there was coal burning in woods, with a small hole output, while the author allegedly fibs about events and lies. The paper warns of deception and urges blunt truth against fabrications.
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Tan
Hell
Heaven
Ovan
Ram
Angéla
Westerday
Pigeon Mau
Georgia
Alexander Mickle
Mickle
Tio
Chron
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Albany Patriot
Court of Oredinary
Guannanhip
Geo. & Fla. RK. R. Co
Aupaxy
Albany
Maynes
Nelson Tift
F.O. Wrren
Moffat
Morris
New York
A. A. Danfort L
Cee
Secpritier
Nonse
E. D. Williams
James Gillon
Thomas N. Mitts
Cal
E. Tarver
Ala
Green Harris
Allaay
Heard
General Advertisanents
Barnett
New YorkKand Milledgeville
Byington’ Hotel
Barcains
Little, Dickinson & Co
Sony
Dane
P. S
Baker County
Sali
Flint River
Fieter
S.h
Quincy
Jonn
Clements Hill
Baker Superior Jr
Joan Holton
Cuasinere
Coan
Thia
Sal
Dee
A. Allen
S. W
Palmyra
H. Watson
Palmyra, Lee Co
Louisa O'Daniel
Daniel O'Daniel
Conan
John B. Rors
Wat
WOOD
M.coen & Co
Windsor
Ual Life
Cincinnati
Promite
Tony
Clay
Howard
Oberlin
Orcille Dewey
Ok Toombs
Texas
MA Toombs
Senator Toombs
Olf
Ufiper ‘Telaity
Sur
Sein
Hinds
Iddiea
Jan
Lila
Damivcratic Party
Pierce
Tuambs
Walt Spplause
Tootits
Democratic Party
Feynkttt Register
Alr
Abbott
Promingnes
Uarmileda
Lezen
Faulkner
Gonitaine
Navigh Asrey
Enn
Gytan Barris
Mbizen
Njue
Hawu
Yale
Enéring
Pal Iss Ming
Teate
Cayia
Jowrs
Napier Ren
Georgi
Sone Eed
Come
Cinb
Coma
Thom
Bath
Paw Wan
Juphandur
Florence
Amithér
Maria Chis
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